A little over a hundred people marched this Saturday afternoon (November 20, 2021) in the streets of Rouen to, as in many cities in France (including Dieppe), denounce violence against women.

At the call of the collective “All of us”, Norman feminist associations have found a way to demand more resources to help women victims of violence.

In Rouen, in order to symbolically retrace the – difficult – journey of a woman victim of domestic violence, a march was organized from the CHU. The procession crossed part of the city center to get to the courthouse after passing in front of the gendarmerie barracks.

As one of the members of the “We All” collective from Rouen explained to our journalist Julie Howlett present on site, we must fight against gender-based violence, and also provide more resources for training and put in place preventive measures. with the youngest:

“Women are still not well received in the police stations and the gendarmeries for their filing of complaints, so we are there mainly to request the training of the police and the gendarmes and all the social and medico-social professions.”

We must start explaining to children, as soon as possible, that a little boy, a little girl, has the same rights.
We must teach our sons not to assault, and our daughters not to be afraid anymore. “

Nadia Bentabet,
member of the Nous tous Rouen collective

Each year, 220,000 women are victims of violence. Since the start of 2021, 101 women have been killed by their spouse or ex-spouse …